Stories by David Rosen

David Rosen writes the blog, Media Current, for Filmmaker and regularly contributes to CounterPunch and the Brooklyn Rail; he can be reached at drosennyc@verizon.net. subscribe to David Rosen's feed

How the Women of Good Vibrations and Babeland Have Helped to Liberate Female Orgasms

Posted on: Apr 18, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The history -- and current form -- of the sex toy industry tells us a lot about men, women, and a healthy sexuality.

The Spy State Tightens its Grip

Posted on: Dec 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Americans are paying an ever-increasing price, both in dollars and the loss of personal privacy, to maintain the spy state.

Telecom Rip-Off: The Hidden Fees in Your Wireless and Phone Bills

Posted on: Feb 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The telecom industry is squeezing more money out of customers without delivering any new or improved service.

Are You Being Tracked? 8 Ways Your Privacy Is Being Eroded Online and Off

Posted on: Dec 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A series of ongoing battles delineate the boundary of what, in the digital age, is personal, private life and information.

The Telecom Scam: 5 Behemoths That Strangle Innovation and Ensure You Pay Too Much for Bad Service

Posted on: Nov 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

America’s communications system is in crisis, hijacked by a handful of giant companies coddled by the agencies that are supposed to regulate them.

The Smart Phone Con Job: Your So-Called 4G Phone Isn't What It's Cracked Up To Be

Posted on: Jun 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

4G wireless is supposed to be cutting-edge, super-fast technology better than most home broadband. But mobile companies mostly aren't delivering on the promise.

As AT&T and T-Mobile Edge Closer to Merger, What's In It For Customers? Very Little

Posted on: Jun 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Telecom companies are rigging the game to make bigger profits on mostly-unregulated wireless, even as giant mergers eliminate most competition.

How Comcast and Huge Telecom Players' Latest Gambit Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It

Posted on: Dec 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The telecom wars are heating up and the American Internet user is the proverbial pig on the spit.

Cable Companies' $46+ Billion Robbery -- Subscribers Have Been Ripped off for $5 a Month Since 2000

Posted on: Nov 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The cable companies are diverting money that is intended to improve infrastructure, creating a perpetual cash machine for greedy execs.

The Strange Sexual Obsessions Driving the Tea Party Movement

Posted on: Sep 19, 2010, Source: CounterPunch

Much of the Tea Party agenda is driven by white Christian America's deep-seated fears of sex, race and interracial "pollution."